Sports · born 1984Jimmy Howardice hockey goaltender, broadcasterGoaltender who spent his entire NHL career with the Red Wings, backstopping the team for over a decade before staying on in Detroit as a television analyst.DETROIT / A living lexicon / ¼
Famous Detroiters
People who were born here, moved here or built their careers in Detroit: musicians, carmakers, athletes, writers, inventors, civil-rights leaders and a few notorious names. With their dates, their Detroit story and the places where they lived, worked and played, closed ones included.
- 1,912 famous people
- 135 Detroit places
- 4 fields
Hungarian ties 22 Detroiters with Hungarian ties →
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Clear filtersSports · born 1984Jimmy Howardice hockey goaltender, broadcasterGoaltender who spent his entire NHL career with the Red Wings, backstopping the team for over a decade before staying on in Detroit as a television analyst.
Film & TV · born 1983Ellen HollmanactressDetroit-born actress known for the warrior Saxa in Starz's Spartacus and roles in The Matrix Resurrections.
Sports · born 1984Jiří Hudlerice hockey forwardCzech forward drafted by Detroit who scored the game-winning goal in the 2008 Stanley Cup Final and won the championship with the Red Wings.The lexicon keeps growing. Every entry lists its sources at the bottom. Dates were checked against Wikidata and Wikipedia. The texts are our own. Famous people's places among the sights ↗